Yes, it works, However, the sad sad part is that it does not work for places in India. I tried locations in US and UK. In both these places the guideance was helpful. Of course, I don't know about the places, however the system was useful. Harish.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ravi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 11:30 PM Subject: [AI] Speech-friendly textual directions from Google Maps > The Official Google Blog > Tuesday, December 26, 2006 > > Speech-friendly textual directions from Google Maps > > By T.V. Raman, Research Scientist > > 12/26/2006 08:31:00 AM > >>From time to time, our own T.V. Raman shares his tips on how to use Google >>from his perspective as a technologist who cannot see -- tips that sighted >>people, > among others, may also find useful. - Ed. > > Google Maps and its associated local search is a quick and easy means of > locating businesses and obtaining directions. Most people who use it > already seem > to enjoy the graphical interface with its extremely reactive GUI. But when > using spoken output, this visual richness can get in the way of quickly > listening > to the results of a maps query. > > As an alternative, Google Maps also provides a simple to use a textual > interface that serves up directions very efficiently when working with a > screenreader > or a Braille display. This alternative view into Google Maps is here, at > the Textual Maps UI. > > LINK: > http://maps.google.com/?output=html > > It's extremely useful for blind and visually impaired users, as well as an > effective solution for those times when you're at a non-graphical display > and > need to quickly look up a location. > > Just type a simple English query of the form start address to end address > and quickly get the information you're looking for. Though we added this > option > to enhance the accessibility of Google Maps for blind and low-vision > users, perhaps others will find this alternative view a useful addition to > their maps > arsenal. > > LINK TO T V Raman > http://emacspeak.sourceforge.net/raman/ > > (Source URL and permalink below) > > http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/12/speech-friendly-textual-directions.html > > -- > E. G. Ravikumar > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
